The USS George Washington nuclear powered aircraft carrier, will be a part of the US naval ships that will be participating in the US-South Korea naval exercise. The carrier is the sixth Nimitz class aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the US Navy in the year 1992. The joint naval exercise will be playing a crucial role in the region, and especially after recent North Korea attack on the South Korea.

The exercise is scheduled to take place in the yellow sea, which is just west to the Korean Peninsular. The White House announced on late night Tuesday, that “both presidents agreed to hold combined military exercises and enhanced training in the days ahead to continue the close security cooperation between our two countries, and to underscore the strength of our Alliance and commitment to peace and security in the region”.

The US navy’s Seventh fleet will be joining the Korean exercise and it is scheduled to begin later this week and continue all the way to the 1st of December. Along with this massive carrier the other ships that would be joining the exercise are USS Cowpens and USS Shiloh and the destroyers USS Stethem and USS Fitzgerald.